Graduate Tax

EDM number 692 in 2009-10, proposed by Ashok Kumar on 25/01/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Students and Taxation.

That this House concurs with the National Union of Students that a graduate tax should be introduced for financing universities in place of top-up fees and that raising the £3,000 cap on fees will create further marketisation of higher education, pricing the poorest out of the system; and believes that a graduate tax would also provide a more reliable and consistent form of finance for universities and have the benefit of fostering a longer-term bond between alumni and the university.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.